is there anyone who has an example of uploading a ...
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rein
10/16/2017, 5:56 PMis there anyone who has an example of uploading a photo and linking it to an item in the db via mutation?
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agartha
10/16/2017, 6:00 PMYou could have a look at the file-proxy example. That executes a mutation when a file is uploaded, and should be a good starting point. https://github.com/graphcool/templates/tree/master/community/file-handling/file-proxy
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rein
10/16/2017, 6:01 PMthat seems way more involved than I anticipated hah
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agartha
10/16/2017, 6:01 PMWell, the example contains multiple variations, most of them including upload and download
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rein
10/16/2017, 6:02 PMso I guess its not just a matter of using both a mutation and axios call for example
rein
10/16/2017, 6:02 PMwell, I guess I have some reading to do
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agartha
10/16/2017, 6:02 PMThe issue is that hooks don't trigger for the File Type. otherwise, it would be easier. Also, the File API ignores additional form fields
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rein
10/16/2017, 6:03 PMright
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agartha
10/16/2017, 6:03 PMHave a look at the metadata example: https://github.com/graphcool/templates/blob/master/community/file-handling/file-proxy/metadata-file-proxy.js
agartha
10/16/2017, 6:04 PMNow, instead of the updateFile mutation, you would use the posted id of the item you want to link it to and execute the addXtoY mutation with the fileId and the nodeId of the item you want to link it too
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rein
10/16/2017, 6:04 PMright
rein
10/16/2017, 6:04 PMI thought it was a matter of storing the uri
rein
10/16/2017, 6:05 PMbut I guess I was too simplistic in my thinking
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agartha
10/16/2017, 6:05 PMWell, you can do that too. You can just use the File API from the client
agartha
10/16/2017, 6:05 PMThat returns the ID of the new File node
agartha
10/16/2017, 6:05 PMAnd then call the mutation from the client
agartha
10/16/2017, 6:05 PMIf that fits your usecase, that's easiest
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rein
10/16/2017, 6:06 PMWell its a matter of linking an image to a post
rein
10/16/2017, 6:06 PMso I guess that would be enough?
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agartha
10/16/2017, 6:06 PMYes, I was overcomplicating for your use case
agartha
10/16/2017, 6:06 PM1. Create Post (get Id back)
2. Upload File (get Id back)
3. Call AddImageToPost(postId, fileId)
4. Done
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rein
10/16/2017, 6:07 PMperfect
rein
10/16/2017, 6:07 PMthanks man 🙂